2006 TOYOTA TACOMA Complaints

THIS IS A DESCRIPTION OF AN EVENT THAT OCCURRED IN SEPTEMBER OF 2009., BELLINGHAM WASHINGTON. I WAS SOUTHBOUND ON I-5 APPROXIMATELY .25 MILES SOUTH OF SUNSET DRIVE. I WAS TRAVELING AT ABOUT 60 MPH, WHEN NOTICING A SLOW VEHICLE DIRECTLY ABOUT 300 FT AHEAD I SIGNALED AND MOVED INTO THE PASSING LANE TO PASS THE SLOWER VEHICLE. TRAFFIC WAS FAIRLY LIGHT. JUST AS I WAS JUST PAST THE SLOW VEHICLE I NOTICED I WANTED TO TAKE THE UPCOMING OFF RAMP, SO I ACCELERATED BRIEFLY TO GAIN SPEED TO MOVE BACK INTO THE SLOWER LANE., FORTUNATELY TRAFFIC WAS LIGHT BECAUSE THE VEHICLE STARTED RACING, I HAD LET OFF THE ACCELERATOR AND NOTHING HAPPENED, INSTEAD I APPLIED BOTH FEET FIRST GENTLY QUICKLY FIRMLY TO THE BRAKE EVEN WITH THE BRAKE FIRMLY APPLIED WITH BOTH FEET MY SPEED WAS WELL IN EXCESS OF 80MPH AND THE ENGINE WAS RACING. SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET IN FRONT OF ME WAS MY OFFRAMP AND TRAFFIC, LOTS OF IT. I ASKED MY HUSBAND SITTING NEXT TO ME IF HE COULD REACH DOWN AND PRY THE ACCELERATOR FROM THE FLOOR, HE TRIED UNSUCCESSFULLY, AT THIS POINT I NEW I HAD TO GET OFF THE HIGHWAY OR REAR END SOMEONE ON THE HIGHWAY FIRST, THEN AGAIN THE SAME WOULD BE TRUE OFF THE RAMP WHICH WAS A FAIRLY SHORT RIGHT SWEEPING RAMP. I DIDN'T THINK WE WOULD MAKE IT AND WAS MOST CONCERNED ABOUT HITTING SOMEONE ELSE SO I DECIDED TO TAKE THE RAMP, AT THE SAME TIME CAREFULLY HOLDING THE WHEEL I DUCKED UNDER IT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR AND JERKED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL OUT TO THE TOP,IMMEDIATELY RETURNED ABOVE TO THE TURNING RAMP BOTH FEET STILL PRESSED HARD ON THE BRAKE AND JUST AS I GOT TO THE END OF THE RAMP, THE VEHICLE STOPPED RIGHT IN FRONT OF MCDONALD'S.. I JUST GRIPPED THE WHEEL TIGHTLY LOOKED AT MY HUSBAND AND SAID LOUDLY !@#$% (EXCUSE ME) THANK YOU GOD. I HAD NEVER TOLD ANYONE OF THIS INCIDENT BUT IT HAUNTED ME AND WHEN I HEARD OF THE ISSUES GOING ON IN JANUARY I THOUGHT OVER AND OVER I SHOULD CONTACT TOYOTA. I FINALLY DID, I THINK IT WAS ABOUT A MONTH AGO. I DID GET A RESPONSE. SAFETY ISSUES DON'T AFFECT MY VEHICLE WHY? *TR

THE INCIDENT OCCURRED IN A 2006 TOYOTA TACOMA DOUBLE CAB (AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION) ON DRY PAVEMENT DURING CONGESTED EVENING RUSH-HOUR TRAFFIC IN REDMOND, WASHINGTON, USA. THE VEHICLE WAS COASTING (DECELERATING) UP A GENTLE RIGHT-BENDING GRADE TO A YIELD SIGN FROM SOUTHBOUND 148TH AVE NE TO WESTBOUND REDMOND WAY (RTE 908). AS THE VEHICLE COASTED TO THE YIELD SIGN SLOWING THROUGH A SPEED OF APPROXIMATELY 25-30 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY AND UNEXPECTEDLY ACCELERATED AT FULL POWER WITH THE TACHOMETER NEEDLE INDICATING APPROXIMATELY 5000-6000 RPM. THE DRIVER STATES WITH UTMOST CERTAINTY THAT HIS FOOT WAS NOT IN CONTACT WITH THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO OR DURING THE ACCELERATION. THE VEHICLE'S CRUISE CONTROL WAS TURNED ON BUT THE DRIVER STATES WITH UTMOST CERTAINTY THAT THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS NOT SET/ENGAGED IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO OR DURING THE INCIDENT. WITHIN APPROXIMATELY 2 SECONDS OF THE ONSET OF THE RAPID UNEXPECTED ACCELERATION, THE DRIVER APPLIED HEAVY BRAKING AND THE ACCELERATION CEASED. THE VEHICLE OPERATED NORMALLY IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE APPLICATION OF BRAKES. THE DRIVER STATES THAT NO SUBSEQUENT UNEXPECTED ACCELERATIONS HAVE OCCURRED SINCE THE REPORTED INCIDENT. *TR

I AM THE OWNER OF A 2006 TOYOTA TACOMA THAT WAS INVOLVED IN A ROLL OVER ACCIDENT ON 2/14/2010. MY SON WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE WITH 2 PASSENGERS ON A CHURCH OUTING. THEY WERE STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT WAITING TO TURN. WHEN THE LIGHT CHANGED HE SAID HE TRIED TO ACCELERATE BUT THE PEDAL DID NOT RESPOND, THE SECOND TIME HE TRIED THE VEHICLE TOOK OFF. AS HE TRIED TO ROUND THE CORNER, THE VEHICLE KEPT ACCELERATING, HE TRIED TO BRAKE BUT THEY DID NOT RESPOND. HE LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND HIT THE CURB ON THE ADJACENT SIDE OF THE ROAD AND BECAME AIRBORN. THEY WENT DOWN AN EMBANKMENT AND ROLLED. THERE WAS ANOTHER VEHICLE OF YOUNG ADULTS TRAVELING WITH THEM, AND IN THE LANE NEXT TO THEM ON THEIR LEFT. THEY SAW THE WHOLE THING AND SAID THEY COULD HEAR THE ENGINE RACING. WHEN THE GOT TO THE VEHICLE, THEY WERE ABLE TO GET EVERYONE OUT AND MY SON JUST KEPT SAYING "WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED". THEY WERE ALL TREATED AND RELEASED WITH MINOR INJURIES. THIS VEHICLE WAS IN THE TOYOTA RECALL FOR FLOOR MATS. I DID NOT HAVE TOYOTA MATS IN THE TRUCK, I HAD VERY HEAVY RUBBER MATS. I BELIEVE THIS VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL ISSUE THAT HAS CAUSED HUNDREDS OF OTHER CRASHES. WE ARE JUST FORTUNATE NO ONE WAS SERIOUSLY HURT. *TR

I AM WRITING TO FILE A COMPLAINT ABOUT MY 2006 TOYOTA TACOMA. IN JANUARY 2010 WHILE I WAS HAVING NEW TIRES INSTALLED ON MY TRUCK I NOTICED A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF RUST AND LARGE AREAS OF METAL FLAKING OFF OF THE FRAME, CROSSMEMBERS AND FACTORY INSTALLED TRAILER HITCH OF MY TRUCK. SUBSEQUENT TO THIS DISCOVERY I DID SOME RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET AND FOUND THAT TOYOTA HAD INSTITUTED A CUSTOMER SUPPORT PROGRAM FOR OWNERS OF 1995-2004 TACOMAS ADDRESSING THIS EXACT ISSUE. ON JANUARY 15, 2010 I TOOK MY TRUCK TO GATEWAY TOYOTA IN TOM'S RIVER NJ, THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I BOUGHT MY THEN NEW TRUCK IN 2006 AND HAD THEIR SERVICE MANAGER INSPECT MY TRUCK. I WAS PRESENT DURING THIS INSPECTION AND I POINTED OUT THE LARGE ARREARS OF RUST AND FLAKING METAL ON MY FRAME, CROSSMEMBERS AND TRAILER HITCH TO THE SERVICE MANAGER WHO TOLD ME THAT UNLESS MY FRAME HAD ACTUAL HOLES IN IT CAUSED BY RUST NOTHING COULD OR WOULD BE DONE TO CORRECT THE OBVIOUS CORROSION OF THESE VITAL COMPONENTS. THIS RUST PROBLEM IS AN ISSUE THAT TOYOTA HAS BEEN AVOIDING DEALING WITH FOR MANY YEARS AND I FEEL THAT IGNORING THIS ISSUE IS AFFECTING THE SAFETY AND VALUE OF MY TRUCK. IT IS BEYOND LOGIC FOR TOYOTA TO ASSIST OWNERS OF OLDER VEHICLES AND IGNORE OWNERS OF NEWER AND MUCH MORE VALUABLE VEHICLES WITH THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM. PLEASE INSTITUTE A RECALL OF ALL TOYOTA TACOMA TRUCKS REGARDLESS OF YEAR OF MANUFACTURE BEFORE SERIOUS AND POSSIBLY DEADLY INCIDENTS OCCUR DUE TO COMPROMISED STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF THESE SUBSTANDARD AND RUST PRONE FRAMES. . THANK YOU. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA TACOMA. THE CONTACT WAS BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE. THE ENGINE BEGAN TO REV EXCESSIVELY HIGH AND CRASHED INTO A UTILITY POLE. THE GEAR WAS THEN PLACED INTO THE "DRIVE" POSITION. AN UNINTENDED ACCELERATION OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A PARKED TRAILER AND PUSHED THE TRAILER INTO ANOTHER PARKED VEHICLE. THE POLICE WAS CALLED TO THE SCENE. THERE WERE NO PERSONAL INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTO BODY COLLISION SHOP. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED FOR THE BODY DAMAGES. THERE WAS AN INVESTIGATION PERFORMED BY THE MANUFACTURER. THE CAUSE OF FAILURE HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED. UPDATED 05/07/10 UPDATED 06/03/10*BF UPDATED 06/07/10 *JB UPDATED 06/22/10 *BF RESEND 06/24/10*LJ UPDATED 06/24/10 UPDATED 07/19/10 *BF UPDATED 07/21/10.*JB UPDATED 8/9/10 *CN TOYOTA'S FIELD TECHNICAL SPECIALIST FOUND NO MECHANICAL DEFECTS. UPDATED 08/17/10.*JB

I WAS PASSING ON A TWO LANE HIGHWAY AND THE ACCELERATOR STUCK. IT HAS HAPPENED TWICE IN THREE AND A HALF YEARS. BOTH TIMES I TRIED PUTTING THE TRUCK IN NEUTRAL AND HAD TO SHUT THE ENGINE OFF. WHEN IT RESTARTED BOTH TIMES THE PEDAL WAS WORKING NORMALLY. *TR

THE ACCELERATOR WAS STUCK IN OUR 2006 TOYOTA TACOMA ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT EACH TIME. WE DO NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING IT. WE HAVE REMOVED THE MATS. TOYOTA ISN'T OFFERING REPLACEMENT MATS TO FIX THE PROBLEMS FOR THEIR MISTAKE. TOYOTA ALSO HASN'T INCLUDED MY TRUCK IN THIS SUPPOSED VOLUNTARY RECALL. *TR

STARTING IN MARCH 2009, CAST ALUMINUM WHEELS HAVE PAINT BUBBLING AND SURFACE CORROSION. CONTACTED TOYOTA AND THEY WOULD NOT ADDRESS THE ISSUE STATING OUT OF WARRANTY CONDITION. A PROFESSIONAL WHEEL RECONDITIONER HAS STATED THAT IF EVEN IF REPAINTED IT WOULD RETURN SINCE THE CORROSION IS EMBEDDED INTO THE METAL. MY OPINION IS THAT OVER TIME, SURFACE CORROSION CAN LEAD TO WEAKENING OF THE WHEEL STRUCTURE POTENTIALLY CAUSING FAILURE AND SERIOUS INJURY. *TR

I OWN A 2006 TOYOTA TACOMA PRERUNNER DOUBLE CAB 4X2 V6. I BOUGHT THE TRUCK NEW FROM THE DEALERSHIP AND HAVE EXPERIENCED FOUR INSTANCES WHERE AFTER PRESSING THE GAS PEDAL HARD, THUS INTO OVERDRIVE, THE TRUCK EITHER KEPT SPEEDING UP OR DID NOT REV BACK DOWN. 1ST INSTANCE - ABOUT 6 MONTHS AFTER BUYING THE VEHICLE, I WAS ENTERING THE FREEWAY AND NEEDED TO SPEED UP TO ENTER INTO TRAFFIC AT SPEED. I PRESSED THE GAS PEDAL HARD ENOUGH TO BOOST SPEED. AS I ENTERED TRAFFIC, THE TRUCK JUST KEPT SPEEDING UP. AFTER APPLYING A LIGHT BRAKE, I PUMPED THE GAS PEDAL SEVERAL TIMES AND IT THE TRANSMISSION FINALLY ENGAGED AND GEARED BACK DOWN. 2ND INSTANCE - WHILE LEAVING THE FREEWAY @ 65 MPH I SLOWED TO 45 MPH AND SWITCHED LANES TO THE RIGHT. THEN I APPLIED GAS TO SPEED UP TO MERGE AND THE TRUCK DID NOT SLOW DOWN. AGAIN THE LINK BETWEEN THE THROTTLE AND THE TRANSMISSION DID NOT SEEM TO REACTION AS IN A NORMAL SITUATION. I HAD TO MERGE BACK BECAUSE THE WOULD NOT SLOW DOWN FAST ENOUGH. AFTER 4-5 SECONDS THE TRUCK SLOWED DOWN. 3RD INSTANCE - AGAIN ENTERING THE FREEWAY. I APPLIED PRESSURE TO THE GAS PEDAL TO SPEED UP ENOUGH TO ENTER THE TRAFFIC. THIS TIME THE THROTTLE OPENED FULL BORE. I PUT THE TRUCK IN NEUTRAL, LIGHTLY APPLIED THE BRAKE, AND PUMPED THE GAS PEDAL. AFTER 5 SECONDS THE TRUCK FINALLY REVVED BACK DOWN. I REACHED A SPEED OF OVER 90 MPH IN THIS INSTANCE. 4TH INSTANCE - DRIVING UPHILL THE CAR AUTOMATICALLY INCREASED THROTTLE WITH A SMALL AMOUNT OF ADDITIONAL PRESSURE TO THE PEDAL, THE TRUCK SURGED FORWARD, AGAIN FULL BORE. I USED THE SAME TECHNIQUE AND IT EVENTUALLY SLOWED. THIS PROBLEM IS DEFINITELY NOT A FLOOR MAT PROBLEM. I NOW DRIVE MY TRUCK VERY GINGERLY SO AS NOT TO REPLICATE THE ISSUE. I HAVE TAKEN THE TRUCK TO TWO DEALERSHIPS, BOTH HAVE NOT BEEN HELPFUL OR HAVE RECOGNIZED THE PROBLEM. SAYING THAT "YOUR TRUCK IS NOT ON THE RECALL LIST WE SEE HERE, CALL THIS TOYOTA NUMBER." I KNOW THAT OTHERS WITH THE SAME MODEL HAVE THIS PROBLEM. *TR

I WAS HAVE ACCIDENT IN OCT 2009 ,I WAS DRIVE MY 2006 TOYOTA TACOMA WHEN MY GAS PEDAL WAS STUCK IN THE CARPET. *TR